Combination dish drainer and tub cover



Sept. 27, V1927.

M.. H ROSSNER COMBINATION DISH DRAINER AND TUB COVER Filed March 5o.1927 INVENTOR USS/zei BY ATTORNEY WITNESSES ,oilily Patented Sept. v27,1927.

PATENT oFFlcE.

MAY H. ROSSNER, OF NEW YORK, Y.

COMBINATION DISH DRAINER AND -TUB COVER.

Application led March 30, 1927. Serial No. 179,560.

This invention relates to a combination dish drainer and tub cover.

An object of the invention is to provide a combination device of thischaracter which will replace, or take the place of, t-ub covers ascommonly employed, and will provide an eiicient cover for the tub and inaddition will provide a drainer in which dishes, silver and otherarticles may be drained.

It is a matter of extreme importance es* pecially in apartments or otherplaces where economy of space is desired to utilize the wash tub or tubsnot only for washing clothes but also to utilize them for dish drainingpurposes, and I have 'provided a cover which performs all the functionsof an ordinary cover but in addition provides means whereby the dishesmay be drained,

and I can manufacture and install this com- 'vice as a whole occupies nomore space apbined device at a minimum cost and it will most eiicientlyperform the functions for which it is intended.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a plan view illustrating myimproved device;

Figure 2 is a view in section on the line 2 2 of Figure l.

l represents a tub such as commonly employed for washing clothes orother articles, and 2 is my improved combined cover and dish drainer. Myimproved device 2 is preferably of metal, enameled or otherwise made soas to present an ornamental and attractive appearance and resist anydeterioration from Contact with water.

The device 2 is adapted to fit over the tub l and constitute a covertherefor, and said device has a depression 3 therein which eX- tendssubstantially throughout the area of the cover, constituting a drainer.This depressed portion 3 tapers in all directions toward an outletdepression 4, the walls of which are perforated as shown at 5 so thatthe water draining from the dishes will pass into the tub.

This drainer or depressed portion 3 has a top 6 which has its edgesfitting in offset portions 7 in the cover so as to lie flush with thetop of the cover, and three-leaf hinges 8 secure the cover as a whole tothe tub l or 'to a wall if desired, and also hingedly to connect the top6 with the cover as a whole.

This top 6 is formed with a linger. receiv- 50 ing depression 9 adjacentits free edge so that the operator can place her fingers in thisdepression and lift the top and swing it back out of the way while thedevice is used as a dish drainer.

It will thus be noted that my improved depreciably than does an ordinarycover yet it permits the double function of cover and dish drainer andcan be installed on new tubs or replace old covers, and will give greatutility as well as economy in space.

While I have illustrated what I believe to be a preferred embodiment ofmyinvention it is obvious that various changes and alterations might bemade in the general form of the parts described without departing frommy invention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details setforth but consider myself at liberty to make such 30 changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaim.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a tub cover having a depression thereinconstituting a receptacle for dishes to be drained therein, saiddepressed port-ion having an outlet for drainage, a top constituting apart of the cover Vand adapted to cover the depressed portion, and athree-leaf 'hinge con- 9o necting the cover and vtop to the tub or othersupport.

i MAY H. RossNER.

